Garment



' March 5, 1946.

L.. NOVY GARMENT Fi led Aug. 5, 1944 Patented Mar. 5, 1 946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT Loretta N ovy, St. Louis, Mo. Application August 5, 1944, Serial No. 548,199

2 Claims.

This invention relates to garments of the undergarment slip type, and is particularly adapted to the junior feminine figure and designed to drape to provide a medium bust dimension, a

narrow waist dimension, and a medium hip diforming the bust sections from an extension of the forward side panels, which are darted to provide correctly contoured bust pockets.

Additional advantages of the construction will be apparent from a detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which: a

Fig. 1 is a front view of the garment,

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the garment; and

Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section takensubstantially on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

The garment includes a front panel I cut on the straight and having the edges thereof cut on a slight angle to converge near the upper portion which is narrowed to form a. substantially inverted" V-section 2, the apex of which terminates at the neck line. A pair of side panels 3, duplicate in contour, are seamed to the opposite edges of the front panel by seams 4. The outer edges of the panels 3 incline upwardly from the hem line, being narrower in width at the waist line 5 and then curved outwardly as clearly indicated in Fig. l.

Each of the forward side panels 3 has inwardly directed bust pockets 6 that match the edges of the upper portion of the panel I, and are provided with a series of downwardly and inwardly inclined darts l to provide the substantially hemispherical bust pockets 6. Each of the panels 3 is cut on the bias providing an arcuate stretch and contraction of the garment, both in the body of the garment and across the breast pockets. Since the forward edge of the panels 3 are seamed to the edges of the panel I throughout, the upper portion 2 of the panel I being cut on the straight does not have a side stretch, whereas the bust pocket sections stretch and contract giving an uplift or brassiere effect to the breast portion of the garment.

The garment also includes a back panel 8 cut on the straight, the side edges of which converge upwardly and flare outwardly as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. A second duplicate pair of rearwardly side panels 9 cut on the bias and having inwardly inclined edges to approximately the waist line and outwardly flared at the upper portion, also as clearly shown in Fig. 2, are seamed to the rear panel-8 by a row of stitching l0, and to the forward side panels 3 by a row of stitching The forward and rearward side panels are preferably oppositely biased. This tends to prevent twisting of the body of the garment.

The upper edge of the garment composed of the six panels described may be finished or reinforced in any suitable manner, such as illustrated by a facing [2, to which the usual shoulder straps l3 are attached.

A garment of the construction described, in-

V asmuch as it includes both the front and rear panels cut on the straight, avoids creeping of the lower hem line while the side panels cut on the bias have a high degree of stretchability, so that the narrow center portion of the garment that drapes to the waist line may be contracted to fit snugly at this section and, at the same time, providing a full degree of stretch so that the garment may be put on and removed by the wearer over the shoulders.

The garment, as indicated, is especially adapted for draping on a figure with a waist small in proportion to hip and bust, thereby molding smoothly to the figure of the wearer, not only at the Waist, but also at the breast and over the hips.

What is claimed is:

1. A'garment of the slip type comprising a front panel cut on the straight having an inverted V-shaped extension at the top at the lower breast line, a duplicate pair of forward side panels out on the bias and seamed to said front panel, said forward side panels having integral inward extensions at their upper ends, respectively, connected with the inverted V line of the front panel and forming breast pockets having a lateral stretch, a second pair of duplicate rearward side panels out on the bias and connected respectively-to said forward side panels, and a rear panel out on the straight seamed to said rearward side panels.

2. In a garment of the slip type, a main front panel of material cut on the straight, extending upwardly from a hem line past the waist to the bust portion, said front panel being narrower than the width of the garment, having side edges converging upwardly to the waist, and having at its top two edge portions sloping from the center of the top outwardly and downwardly to the side edges, a pair of front side panels cut on the 2 V v A bias, each being adapted to extend from the hem line upwardly to above the waist, and having inner side edges joined to the side edges of the front panel, and having outer side edges, each front side panel having integral therewith an extension extending laterally toward the middle of the front of the garment, and having a sloping lower edge attached to the corresponding sloping top edge portion of the main front panel said overhanging portionson the bias being shaped to provide brassire pockets, and a back joining the 5 outer side edges of the front side panels.

LORETTA NOVY. 

